Eugene Ethridge Jr.,/Fort Bend County Sheriff's Office

Eugene Ethridge Jr.,/Fort Bend County Sheriff's Office

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Fort Bend County Jail Cited for Failure to Check On Inmates-Then Inmate Commits Suicide

After Suicides Take Comm. On Jail Standards Cities Jail Twice for Failure to Do Rounds

The family of Eugene Ethridge Jr., 33, filed a federal civil rights lawsuit Tuesday against the Fort Bend County jail (lawsuit attached). The Fort Bend County jail has an atrocious record of failing to prevent suicide of inmates. September 29, 2015 Fort Bend County jail inmate Heriberto Correas committed suicide by hanging. The Texas Commission on Jail Standards (TCJS) investigated and wrote a letter directly to Fort Bend County Sheriff Troy Nehls.